Legal Opinion
Thomas D. George, John C. Winthrop, and Charles F. Fink v. Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 28, 1964No. 323, Docket 28476PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, members of the crew of a DC-7C sold by Douglas Aircraft Co. to Braniff Airways in 1957, were injured when the airplane crashed in Florida in the early morning of March 25, 1958, as the result of an engine failure shortly after taking off from Miami on a flight to South America. They brought this action against Douglas in the Southern District of New York on March 25, 1963, predicating federal jurisdiction on plaintiffs’ citizenship in Texas and defendant’s Delaware incorporation.1 The complaint alleged that Douglas had “impliedly and expressly represented…
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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